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Dishonest Postal Clerk Arrested.

TOLEDO. o.. April 14-This afternoon Edward
F. Cody, night distributing cetk in the post
Office. was arrested By Deputy United States
Marshal Breed for robbing the mails. Cody is
unmarried man, aged about twenty-seven
and has been in the postoffice about five years.
The only letters he distracted were those ad-
dressed to the Blade. He was caught by means
Of decoy letters Thirteen of these, each con-
taining order for the Blade accompanied by a
marked silver dollar, were placed in the mail by
United States detective The marked money
was found in his trunk. The Blade frs. noticed
the loss last November and estimates the steal
ings since then at between 50 600 and So 600
The money orders and postalno,es Cody OBJ.
aimed he destroyed, keeping the bills and silver
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DEATd-BED MARRIAGE.
Miss Eleanor NJ. Semmes United in Wedlock
with q Dying Man.

Miss Eleanor NJ. Semmes United in Wedlock
with a Dying Man.
Washington Republican.
Mr. Borlley F. Cohoun, the youngest son of
Rear Admiral Colhoun, died at 6 o'clock last
evening, at his fathers residence, No. 1912
Twenty-irst street, after a few days of illness,
of pneumonia The deceased was just entering
his twenty-eighth year. and was well known and
popular in the navy. He was clerk under
Commodore Semmes. at the Washington navy
yard, from 1883 to 1885, when i'll health, occa-
stoned by severe attack of typhoid fever,
caused him to resign his position. Last July he
accepted the position of private secretary to
Rear Admiral Rowan In December following.
at the instance of DR.. Cromwell, he moved from
his fathers residence to the Ebbitt House, SO as
to escape the long journey to his work through
severe weather. During the latter part of the
month he caught a severe cold, which chung to
him, and recently he was removed to mis- fathers
house, very i'll. Yesterday morning Dr. Brom-
well notified bis patient that he was beyond all
hope of recovery. The dying man heard the
physicians sad words with great composure. He
sent for his father and told him that for three
years past he had been engaged to Miss Eleanor
NJ Semmes, the eldest daughter of Mr.. John H.
Semmes. He asked his fathers consent to an
immediate m arriage to the woman he loved
The request was made known to Miss Semmes
and shortly after l o'clock in the afternoon a
small group stood at the bedside of the dying
man. The little cluster comprised the BRIDE
Admiral Colhoun, his two daughters and Dr.
BromwelL Rev. DR.. j. B. Perry, of st. An
drews Church. performed the beautiful mar
riage ceremony of the Episcopal Church. The
scene a sad one, and all eyes filled with tears
ere the service was completed. There was also
another scene of equal sadness in an adjoining
room, where, upon bed OF pain, sickness and
sorrow, lay the mother of the dying man. too iii
to even rise up on her pillow She lay. as it
were to her, upon death bed itself, her heart
almost rent in twain by the sad thoughts that
were fitting across her mind. 1t was but few
minutes that the group stood in worship. and
then they krelt as the man of God prayed and
commended the heeting soul to it's Maker. In a
few short hours the beautiful bride became a
widow
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officers of the Cabul government. The difficulty
of the situation is decreased by the presence of
strong Russian force near Koiah Saleh, threat
sning the territory claimed ov Russia. repe-
tition of the Penjdeh incident is hourly antici-
pated Kilif is the key to the outlying
Turkoman country subject to the Amer, and its
possession by Russia would give that power a
starting point for fresh frontier line to the
north of the Hndoo Koosh itself, the outer gate
OF India. 1t is suspected that Lord Salisbury is
prepared to give up Kilif, but that the Ameer
threatens. if he does So TO break off relations
with the British government.
A Vienna dispatch, tonight. states that Aus
tria is erecting immense new barracks in Galica
for the renforcements raised for the garrisons
the Russian frontier. Troops of all arms
being sent to the frontier. and the existing bar
rack accommodation is taxed to its fullest capac-
ity. On the Russian side of the frontier the
infantry and cavalry massing in large camps
under canvas. The Russian War Office. today.
issued orders for the purchase of 30 600 field
tents.
semi-oficial dispatch, received here to night
states that the pay of the Bulgarian army is six
months in arrears, and there is growing dsaf
lection in all branches Of the service in conse-
quence. Upward of one hundred officers. most
of whom served with distinction in the Servian
campaign, have been cashle-ed for dlsloyalty,
and their pay coniscated. A military eneute is
feared. There are only infantry regi-
ments the loyalty Of which the regency can
now rely. solely in consequence of the demorali-
cation fostereo ny the financial question. The
attempt TO float a Bulgarian loan is admitted to
have failed.
From Constantinople, tonight, it is learned
that the Porte has replied to the Russian de-
nand that Turkey suspend relations with the
Bulgarian government on the ground that the
regency is Illegal and has not been recognized by
the powers The reply is evasive in character,
and amounts to a refusal to move in the matter
except in concert with Europe. 1t suggests a
new attempt to bring about European con-
ference to settle the whole question Of Bulgaria
end Eastern Roumelia
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THE BANCROFT TREATY.
German Interpretation That May Lead to
q Serious Controversy.


q Serious Controversy.
Washington Special
The new interpretation put on the Bancroft
naturalization treaty by Germany promises to
lead to sharp diplomatic controversy. AS the
matter is understood here, Germany threatens
to give notice to abroeate the Bancroft treaty if
its construction is not accepted. What it claims
is in effect that Germans naturalzed in the
United States cannot remain in Germany two
years before steps are taken to expel them. The
language of the treaty of 1868 is: "The intent
not to return may be held to exist when the
person naturalized in one country resides more
than two years in the other country" This, as
the German authorities now claim, does not
give the right to remain two years. but only for
bids denaturalized German from staying long
er than that period About year ago Minister
Pendleton instructed by the State Depart
meEt that the contention of the United States
was as follows: Our citizens can, under the
treaty of 1863 claim recognition OF their status
and all rights of soiourn pertaining thereto dur
ing the first two years following their arrival in
Germany" also, "the particular application of
the general doctrine of the right OF a nation to
expel obnoxious foreigners as regards natural
lied Americans is considered in and limited by
that treaty" This is in effect reafirming the
position of Secretary Hamilton Fish. While
ACKNOWLEDGING that q naturdNZeQ cltiZen might
forfeit his naturalization before the two years
elapsed, to reach this conclusion in such a case
would require clearer proof than is generally to
be derived from silence from want of gen
eral statement Of intention to return The
United States has also held that two years resi-
dence is merely prima facie proof of abandon
ment of nationality, and may be rebutted. DR..
Fraucis Wharton, the present law ad-
wiser of the State Department., has
given elaborate opinion this
two-years' limitation. In it he incidentally dis
cusses the classes of people who would be affect
ed by even a strict construction of the two-years
clause. He says the number of Germans natur
allied in tine United States who go to Germany
for literary or business purposes is very large.
and many of them necessarily remain more than
two years. Children of German parents natur
allied in the United States, when they go to
Germany for education, would also be liable to
expulsion at the end of two years. and there
many thousands of these. These illustrations
of the effect of strict construction of the two
years clause may be taken as showing that the
United States will not tolerate the proposition
to practically nullify the clause entirely. There
is intention to protect persons who gain
American citizenship simply to shield themselves
while living in their native country, but the
rights of bona-fide German American citizens
will not be yielded up.
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Business Embarrassments.

CHICAGO. April 14.-The firm of Clapp &
Davis wholesale jewelers. failed to-day, having
confessed judgments in the aggregate for
$1,000
1t said, this evening, that the confessions of
judgment were only made to a few preferred
creditors. 1t is not known what the outstand-
ing debts are, aside from these judgments but
it is known that they are in the neighborhood of
$loO, goo, making the total liabilities about 1922
O00 The creditors who were crowded out went
before Judge Jamison and succeeded in having
Charles Catlin, clerk in the Superior Court
appointed receiver.
ST. JOHNS, N. b.. April 14.-Biair & Co. pri-
vate bankers, have made an assignment The
firm suspended at the time of the Maritime
Banks failure. 1t is feared that the assignment
will bring disaster on other business people of
this city.
PHILADELPHIA, April 14-W. II. Newbold's
Sons & Co., to-day caused writs of attachment to
be issued against the Philadelphia Warehouse
Company, and the Provident Life & Trust
Company, garnishees of Henry Bower &
Son, the firm of manufacturing chemists whose
failure was announced several days ago These
attachments were issued on two Judgment notes
of $50, 600 each, which were entered some time
ago
NEwAYGo, Mich. April 14-The property of
the Newaygo Manufacturing Company, at this
place, of which d. C. Clay is the principal stock
holder, was seized by Deputy United States
Marshal Cronk, yesterday afternoon. under a
$4,000 execution in favor of New York bank.
The shutting down of the mills throws $50 work
men out of employment. and the companys
stores being closed and most of the employees
having no means, their condition is the more Sc
sious The company has been seriously embar-
rassed for some time.
MILWAUKEE, April 14-Late yesterday after
noon the wholesale grocery house of Goodrich Il
Wagner made an assignment to B. X. Miller,
and the business of the firm is to be settled up.
Mr.. Millers bondsmen are Otto Kitzinger and
Wm Ii. Osborne, the former of whom Ouali ed
in the sum of 500, 900, and the latter in the
sum of 500 00 The best authority obtanable
at this hour states that neither assets liabil-
tiles can be approximated or even estimated
with any degree of accuracy. 1t is probable,
however, that the liabilities will exceed the
assets by a considerable amount
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Cable Notes.

Canon Wiberforce wife and daughter have
sailed for New York.
The Pope has instructed the nuncio at Paris
to the French government that the
friendly relations between Prussia and the Vati-
can in wise indicate hostility on the part of
the Vatican toward France.
The Pope has been informed by Prussia that
she is considering his recently expressed wish
that on the conclusion of the expected mutual
understanding the Prussian representation at
the Vatican will be raised to the rank of an en-
bassy.
The Paris Temps says England has assured
France that she has no intention of making any
attack on Hayti England the Temps adds, has
reduced the indemnity demanded of Hayti to
900, and the French admiral who was or
dered to proceed to Hayti with his force in order
to protect Europeans has been ordered to leave
Haytian waters
Mr.. Parnell and Michel Davitt and number
of other prominent Irishmen are actively en-
gagged in the work of promoting the organization
OF an Irish wooden manufacturing and exporting
company, with acapital of $500, 900. Mr.. Davitt
while in the United States, recently, received
many promises of assistance from American
importers of woolens. A meeting OF those in
terested in the initial formation of the company
will be held in Dublin to-day.
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Obituary.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
BLOOMFIELD. Ind, April 14-Capt E. E.
Rose. aged sixtytwo, resident of this State
since 1860, and very prominent attorney,
known all over southern Indiana, died this morn
ing Of apoplexy. He has not been well for some
time but thought better recently and was
on the streets yesterday. feeling unusually we'll
He was soldier in the Mexican war and the
war of the Rebellion. His funeral takes place
tomorrow.
CHICAGO, April 14-Hon. E. G. Aver, founder
Of the town of Harvard, ILL.,, died at that place
last night, aged seventy-fve years.
NATION. H., April 14-Rchard Stoedert
one of Coles county's oldest and most highly
respected citizens, died at his homo in Charles
ton, last night, after an illness of a month or
more. He was over eighty years Of age and in
the early settlement and development of the
county one of the pioneers.
RICHMOND. Ind. April 14.-Stacey Fl. wilkins
died this morning of diabetes mellitris aged sew
enty years. He came to Richmond from Phila-
depha forty nine years ago, and had lived in
this house ever since his marriage. few years
later He had been afflicted with the disease for
many years, and had apparently been dying since
last Saturday.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 14.-Mrs Mary R.
Heath, widow OF Joshua Heath. died on Wednes-
dav evening. Mrs. Heath was the daughter of
a Virginia planter. At the death of her father
she became the owner of a number OF slaves,
but she was believer il. freedom for the black
as we'll as the white and, instead of selling the
slaves or owning them herself, she set them all
free.
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A BIG AWARD.
The Bethlehem Iron Company Secures a Con-
tract Involving Several Millions
Special to the Indianapolis journal.

The Bethlehem Iron Company Secures Con-
tract Involving Several Millions
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, April 14-Secretary Whitney
has concluded, after full consideration of the
matter, that the Bethlehem Iron Company, of
Pennsylvania, is entitled to the contract for
armor and steel guns, and gives his reasons for
reaching this conclusion, as follows
ITO encourage bidding it was inserted in the
advertisement that bids covering both THAT is.
armor and gun steel) will receive preference,
other things being equal The bid of the Beth
lehem Iron Company for the Gun steel refers TO
their bid for the arnor handed in on the same
date, and has the following memorandum. The
prices named in this proposal are based upon the
conditions stated in the advertisement of Aug
81. 1856, that ''bids covering both (gun
ceive preference, other things being equal"
and are therefore to be considered In conjunc
ton with our bids of this date for gun forsinEs.
A similar memorandum is contained in their bid
for armor plates. The Bethlehem Iron Company
is the only bidder for the whole contract The
theory of the advertisement was that the gov
eminent wanted the lowest figures for the whole
work-paying less for the other
being immaterial SO long AS the entire job is
obtained at the lowest total price-the total sum
for the whole job being the material thing.
With this view the advertisement was framed SO
to onne b ,1s asssr or oF bo
but the total sum which the whole should
cost the government being the matter alone to
be considered. The two lowest separate bids
for tie two classes being that OF the Cambria
Iron Company for the gun steel. and the Cleve-
land Rolling mill Company for the armor plate.
amounts to 81, 1873. 073 90. That of the Betble-
hem Iron Company for the same classes amounts
to 81. 512, 938 20. They are the lowest bidders
for the work by the sum of 1850, 13o. 6l Since
the bidding has taken place. the Bethlehem
company has offered to reduce their prices on the
gun steel so as to make that company the lowest
bidder for each of the separate classes. This
may be done, under the circumstances. although
l should not permit it. if did not consider them
on other grounds entitled to the award"
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Star Route Mail Contracts Let,

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. April 14.-Contracts for carry
ing mail on Indiana star routes were let to-day as
follows:
For four years. commencing July next and
ending June 80. lS91-From Brookville to Wynn,
w. H. Smith, Of Windsor, Henry county, Mis-
souri,, at 800 year; Crown Point to Brunswick,
j. L. Jones. of London. KY, sl65; De Pauw to
Sharp's Mills, F. S. Smith. of Washington. d.
c., $40; Guthrie to Genoda, J. L. Jones, of Lon
don, KY, 1913; Harrison, o., to Aventon, N. A.
Richardson, of London. Ky, 1888; Mar,lnsvle
to Cope J. L. Jones, $780, Narrows to Shelburn
j. L. Jones, 5000; Richland Centre to Tirsa
Henry l. Roop, $64; Rock Lane to Greenwood
J. L. Jones, $l54a Samara to Spearsvilie, James
Huntsman, $40; Shelbyvie to Sulphur HILL J.
L. Jones. 1898; Tppecanoetown to South Whit
ley. j. r. Owens. of Windsor. Mo-. $97 Wolf
Lake to Albion, H. Winslow OF Paramount, Ind.
$780, TINKER to South Whitley, J. L. Jones, sos
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MINOR MATTERS.
Action of the President a Number of APP
plications for Pardon.

Action of the President on q Number of APP
plicatons for Pardon.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE President has
taken action on application for pardon in the fol-
lowing cases: H. H. Menges. who was convicted
of embezzling money from the mails and sen.
fenced to nine years imprisonment IN Chester,
H., was pardoned W. r. Branum, now serving
years sentence in the southern Illinois peni
tertiary for breaking into postofice with in
tent to STEAL pardoned. A pardon de-
MED in the case of George s. Doherty. convicted
of violating election laws Favorable action was
taken on tho application for the pardon of John
Smith, confined in the Arkansas penitentiary for
an assault with intent to kill. In the case of
Selah e. {. CARL, convicted of counterfeiting
and sentenced to fifteen years in the Erie coun-
ty penitentiary. the President committed the
sentence to seven years Imprisonment He has
already been in prison about seven years. Par
dons were granted in the following cases. Eu-
gene B. Walton, late teller of the First National
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UNDERvALUATIoN OF GOODS.
The Pending Inquiry Likely tn Result in q
Change in the Customs Laws.

Change the customs Laws.
gpeciaI to tue indianapolis journal.
WASHINGTON, April 14-It is the general i'm
preston, among the few legislators still in the
city, that the outcome of the investigations of
the Senate 'undervaluations committee" will be
a radical and material change in the laws re-
lating to the administration of the customs
service. The system of differentiation of i'm
ports has grown TO such an alarming extent that
it is said by importers of many lines of foreign
goods that an honest man cannot compete with
those of his fellows who, through collision with
dishonest consuls and customs officials, are
enabled to make enormous profits The so-caled
Hewitt bill of last session was designed for the
purpose, in part, of correcting these abuses but
il was not reached for consideration, and in
consequence the evils continue to exist
and thrive. The Senate is prevented
by the Constitution from originating
a measure affecting the revenues; but
there is nothing to prevent that body from
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Wife.Murder and Suicide.

LIMA, O., April 14-Early yesterday morning
Joseph Burch, well-todo farmer living six
miles west of this place, killed his sick wife with
a hammer and then went to the woods near by,
twisted some bark into a moose, and hanged him
self. His son. coming home some time later,
found his mother dying and gave the alarm.
Some neighbors. soon after this discovery, found
the body of the murderer and suicide hanging,
quite dead. He was temperate but weak
minded, and the pair had frequent quarrels.
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Mrs. Howe Again swindles Her Depositors

Boston, april 14.-The Herald states that
Mrs Sarah E. Howe. of Woman's Bank fame
has abscouded with $50 900 of depositors' money
Ever since her release from confinement on the
charge of swindlng depositors in her bank. she
has continued the business of receiving deposits
of money from women paying or promising to
pay, an exceedingly high rate of interest there
on A lady from Augusta Me-, called at Mrs
Howe's house. last evening, for the purpose of
collecting interest on a sum of money deposited
with her. She was told by a man who came to
the door that Mrs. Howe has skipped, and has
taken $50, 600 with her" warrant has been
issued for Mrs. Howe's arrest, and the police are
searching for her.
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Schoolboy Killed by q Teacher.

MILWAUKEE. April 14-This afternoon
George Werner, teacher of a suburban village
school in tho town of WILLIAMSBURG punished
refractory pupil named Henry Sugbusch by
applying ruler sharply to his wrists, and the
latter fell back in his seat unconscious Sup
posing that the boy had tainted. he threw two
pals of water over him. but the pupil was dead.
The teacher fed and has not been seen since
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WASHINGTON. April 5. 1 A. NJ.
For 1ndiana-Fair weather; slightly cooler;
winds generally southwest to northwest.
For West Virginia-Local showers followed
by fair weather; winds shifting to Southwestern
ly; sl ght changes in temperature.
For Ohio-Fair weather, preceded bv local
rains in the northern portion; variable winds,
shifting to westerly; warmer in northern por-
ton; slightly cooler in southern portion
For Eastern Michigan-Local showers, fol-
lowed by slightly warmer weather in northeast
portion; slightly cooler in south west portion var
liable winds
For Western Michigan and Wisconsin-Local
showers, followed by fair weather: cooler in
southern portion; stationary temperature in
northern portion, variable winds, generally
shifting to northwesterly
For Enthusiastically cooler, generally fair
weather; winds shifting to west and northwest.
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Steamship News.

QUEENsTowN. April Il Arrived The Queen
from New York.
LONDON. April 14-Arrived; State of Ne
braska. from New York.
SOUTHAMPTON. April l4-Arrved: Waes-
land from New York for Antwerp; Aller, from
New York for Bremen.
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formulating bill designed to simplify the ad-
ministraton of existing law. If the committee
which is now n session here considers that the
best interests of the country can be subserved
by such changes as those proposed by the Hewitt
bill. measure having that object in view will
doubtless be among the first introduced in the
upper house next winter. 1t is equally true
that if introduced the bill will pass the Senate,
at least.
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Russia Declines a French Alliance.

COLOGNE, April 4-TEe Cologne Gazette
publishes dispatch from its st. Petersburg
correspondent which positively asserts that the
French government did solicit an alliance with
Russia, but that the latter government promptly
declined to enter into any relations with France
whatsoever.